OOP weather

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 90014

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Dysis" <d.marchel at c...> wrote:

Dysis:
> In the first week of the school year, it rains profusely. Every 
> time Harry looks outside, it's drizzling. Even Ron notices this. So 
> what's the deal? How come there is such a drastic change in 
weather? 
> True, the months are different (the drought takes place in 
June/July 
> while the rain is in September). But September isn't all that cold. 
> Something is not clicking here. JKR mentions the weather a lot in 
> this book. I became annoyed with the constant reference to the 
rainy 
> weather. 

Geoff:
You ought to know that constant reference to the weather is a staple 
of UK conversation. :-)

It's not,uncommon that when we get a long spell of dry weather, it 
then suiddenly goes pear shaped.

Last year, we had a long, dry summer and unusually it went on, at 
least in our are, right into November. Decmeber turned out to be 
quite changeable. We had a lot of rain and we had a lot of non-
descript days, i.e. with low cloud, dull but dry. So the weather in 
OOTP does not strike me as unusual. Also remember that the weather 
difference between the South and the Highlands of Scotland can be 
very marked. The Highlands have a much higher annual average rainfall 
that somewhere like Surrey. So, Hogwarts can be wet.... take your 
brollies, folks.